Space Egg - Uchuran

Japanese: 宇宙卵 - うちゅうらん

…In other words, the larger the eggs that are laid, the fewer eggs they lay.
[Symbolism, Folklore]
In Western symbolism, the egg often represents the primordial state of the universe, in which case it is called the cosmic egg. In alchemy it represents the chaos in which the cosmic spirit is imprisoned, and is regarded as the prima materia, or original matter, out of which the universe was created.

From [Mystery]

...The song "Humpty Dumpty was sitting on a wall/He fell to the ground with a thud/All the King's troops could not put him back together" from the British folk song known as "Mother Goose" is also a riddle with the answer that Humpty Dumpty = egg. Here we can hear echoes of the myth of the beginning of the universe, the fall of the "cosmic egg" and the beginning of history. The famous Sphinx's riddle, "What animal has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening" was not just a game. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "space eggs" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…すなわち，大きな卵を産むものほど産卵数は少ない。鶏卵産卵【樋口広芳】
【象徴，民俗】
　卵は西洋の象徴体系において，しばしば宇宙の原初状態を表現し，その場合は〈宇宙卵Cosmic egg〉と呼ばれる。錬金術では宇宙霊が封じこめられている混沌(カオス)を意味し，これをプリマ･マテリア(第1質料)，すなわち宇宙創造の原物質とみなす。…

【謎】より

…〈マザーグース〉の名で知られるイギリス伝承童謡中の，〈ハンプティ･ダンプティは塀に座っていた/どすんと地面に落っこちた/王様の軍勢が総がかりでも彼を元には戻せなかった〉という歌も，ハンプティ･ダンプティ＝卵という解答を秘めたなぞなぞである。〈宇宙卵〉の墜落と歴史の始まりという宇宙開闢（かいびやく）神話の残響がここに聞きとれる。〈朝は4本足，昼は2本足，夕は3本足の動物は何か〉という有名なスフィンクスのなぞも，単なる遊びではなかった。…

※「宇宙卵」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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